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His daughter Vicky Hunter told the ECHO that her dad wanted to thank a van driver who stopped at the scene to help him. She said: “My dad was covered in petrol and feared the car would go up. Although he managed to drag himself out, a van driver stopped and tried to get him out.

“The police and paramedics then arrived and my dad did not get chance to speak to him. All the family want to thank him for trying to help.”

She added: “Dad works at a plant hire company near Switch Island, and still made it in. I think he was just sat in the canteen, in shock. He phoned us and we came and picked him up.